Receptacle and support therefor.



J. J. MAHONBY.

RECEPTAGLE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

AIPLIGATION FILED APR.20,1907.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908 A Home INVENTC'R W, 71/ //W WITNESSES Therefor, of which the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. MAHONEY, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO THE CAHILL IRON WORKS,

A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed April 20, 1907, Serial No. 869,244.

5 of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Receptacles and Supports following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My improvement relates particularly to a lavatory, or similar receptacle or device, in- .tended to be secured to an upright wall, and a frame or plate for securing or anging said lavatory to such wall.

' 0 a sectional front elevation; Fig. 2 is an upright section on the line, 2-2, of Fig. 1, 100 ing in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the hanger frame; Fig. 4 is a sectional .detail.

Referring to said drawings, 1 is the hanger frame. This is formed of metal, and has at its upper portion one or more sockets, 2, each opening u ward to receive a lug, 5, extending downwar from the upper portion of the 30 back-plate, 6, of the'lavator 7. The main portion of said frame lies in t e same plane so that that much of said frame may rest closely against the wall, W. At its lower portion said frame has one or more cars, 3, in a plane arallel to the above-mentioned plane and orward of the latter a short distance, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, so that said ear or ears will stand clear of the wall, W, when the frame, 1, is in position. An aper ture, 4, extends through each such ear from front to rear or perpendicular to said planes. Said apertures are preferably elongated up and down, as a pears in Fi s. 1, 3, and 4, in order that a olt exten ing horizontally through said opening may be adjusted up and down. In 'front of each such ear, 3, an ear, 8, extends downward from the lavatory, andhas an aperture, 9, o posite the aperture, 4. A bolt, 10, extends orizontally through the apertures, 9 and 4.

The weight of the lavatory, 7, rests upon the upper-portion of the frame, 1, the In 5, being wedged between the wall, W, an the portion of the frame forming the front wall of The object of the invention is to produce a manner, the lavatory is sup orted and the upper portion of the baclep ate, 6, pressed rearward against the wall, W.

The function of the bolt, 10, is to draw the lower portion of said back-plate, and also the main portion of the lavatory, backward toward the wall. In the form illustrated by the drawings, the lavatory back-plate has along its top and side margins a rearwarddirected flange, 6 which flange extends into a plane parallel to the above-mentioned planes, so that said flange is adapted to bear against the wall, IV. 1f the ear, 8, is set a little forward of the ear, 3, so that there must be a space between said ears when the flange, 6, bears against the wall, \(V, the ti htening of said bolt, 10, will serve to draw t e lower portion of said back-plate forcibly rearward and bind said flange, 6, closely against the face of said wall. If the flange, 6, of said backlate is omitted or does not extend rearward ar enough to bear a ainst the wall, W, the bolt, 10, may, obvious y, be drawn sufflciently to bind the ears, 8 and 4, to each other and thus impart stability to the lower portion of the back-plate and the body of the avatory. v

I claim as my invention:

1. In a'structure of the nature described, a hanger frame adapted to be secured against a wall and havin a socket, a lavatory having a flanged bac late anda lug to engage in said socket and having an upright ear. 1n front of and spaced away from said frame, and a horizontal member engaging said frame and said ear for forcibly drawing the latter toward the former.

2. Ina structure of the nature described, a hanger frame adapted to be secured against a wall and having a socket, a lavatory having a flanged back late and a lug to engage in said socket an front of and spaced away from said frame, and a horizontal bolt en aging said frame and said ear for forcibly drawing the latter toward the'former.

'3. In a structure of the nature described, ahangier frame adapted to be secured against a we and having a socket and an ear, a lavatory having a flanged backlate and a lug to enga e in said socket an an upright ear stan ing in front of and spaced away from the ear on said fra'me,-and avhorizontal bolt the socket, said wall being slanting. In this having an upright ear iii" applied to said ears for'forcibly drawing the ear on the lavatory toward the ear on said frame. I

4. In a structure of the nature described, a hanger frame adapted to be secured against a wall and having a socket and an ear, a lavatory having a flanged backlate and a lug to applied to said ears for forcibly drawing the ear on the lavatory toward the ear on said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed m 15 name, in presence of two witnesses, this 8t 'day of April, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seven.

enga e in said socket an an upright ear JOHN J. MAHONEY.

stan ingin front of and spaced awa from Witnesses: the ear on said frame, one of said ears aving p F. H. CALDWELL, an elongated opening, and a horizontal bolt i R. E. PURcE L. 

